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2 Samuel 17:3
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and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you’re looking for, all the people will be at peace.”
and I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in shalom.
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
Then I will return all the people to you; when all have returned, the man whom you are seeking will be dead, but all the people will be safe."
and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace."
Then I'll bring everyone back to you. If the man you are looking for is dead, everyone else will return safely."
and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. The entire army will return unharmed."
and I will bring all the people [who follow David] back to you. The return of everyone depends on the [death of the] man you are seeking; then all the people will be at peace [and accept you as king]."
and I will bring all the people back to you. The return of everyone depends on the man whom you are seeking; then all the people will be at peace."
And I will bring againe all the people vnto thee, and when all shal returne, ( the man whome thou seekest being slaine) all the people shalbe in peace.
and I will cause all the people to return to you. The return of everyone depends on the man you seek; then all the people will be at peace."
Then I will bring back to you all the people; and when they have all returned, except the one you are seeking, all the people will be at peace."
and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.
Then I will bring all the people back to you. If David is dead, all the people will come back in peace."
And I will bring back all the people to you, just as those whom you sought have come back; so all the people shall be in peace.
and then bring back all his men to you, like a bride returning to her husband. You want to kill only one man; the rest of the people will be safe."
And I shall bring all the people back to you when all return, except the man whom you are seeking. All the people shall be in peace.
and brynge all the people vnto the agayne. So whan euery man is brought vnto the as thou desyrest, then shal all the people be in peace.
and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.
And wil bring againe all the people vnto thee: and when al shall returne, the man whom thou sekest [beyng slayne] all the people shalbe in peace.
and I will bring back all the people unto thee; when all shall have returned, [save] the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.'
And I wil bring backe all the people vnto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
And I will bring back all the people to thee, as a bride returns to her husband: only thou seekest the life of one man, and all the people shall have peace.
and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you seek, all the people will be at peace."
And Y schal lede ayen al the puple, as o man is wont to turne ayen; for thou sekist o man, and al the puple schal be in pees.
and I bring back all the people unto thee -- as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking -- all the people are peace.
and I will bring back all the people to you: all the people will return [if] the man you are seeking [is smitten]: all the people shall be in peace.
And I will bring back all the people to thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
and I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace."
and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride returns to her husband. After all, it is only one man's life that you seek. Then you will be at peace with all the people."
and return all the people to you. All will return if the man you want to kill is dead. Then all the people will be at peace."
and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace."
that I may bring back all the people unto thee, - when all return - save the man whom thou art seeking, all the people, will be at peace.
And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.
and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace."
and I will bring back all the people to you. The return of everyone depends on the man you seek; then all the people will be at peace."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I will bring: 2 Samuel 3:21
shall be: Isaiah 48:22, Isaiah 57:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:3
Reciprocal: Judges 4:22 - and I will 2 Samuel 20:21 - his head
Cross-References
Abraham bowed with his face to the ground and thought, "I am almost a hundred years old. How can I become a father? And Sarah is ninety. How can she have a child?" So he started laughing.
Then he asked God, "Why not let Ishmael inherit what you have promised me?"
On that same day Abraham obeyed God by circumcising Ishmael. Abraham was also circumcised, and so were all other men and boys in his household, including his servants and slaves. He was ninety-nine years old at the time, and his son Ishmael was thirteen.
I am the God who was worshiped by your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." Moses was afraid to look at God, and so he hid his face.
Moses and Aaron bowed down to pray in front of the crowd.
But the two men bowed down and prayed, "Our God, you gave these people life. Why would you punish everyone here when only one man has sinned?"
"Stand back! I am going to wipe out these Israelites once and for all." They immediately bowed down and prayed.
"Neither," he answered. "I am here because I am the commander of the Lord 's army." Joshua fell to his knees and bowed down to the ground. "I am your servant," he said. "Tell me what to do."
The fire blazed up toward the sky, and the Lord 's angel went up toward heaven in the fire. Manoah and his wife bowed down low when they saw what happened.
When the crowd saw what had happened, they all bowed down and shouted, "The Lord is God! The Lord is God!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And I will bring back all the people unto thee,.... Meaning not the people only that were with David, that he would make them prisoners, and bring them with him; for he before proposed to let them make their escape; but to reduce all Israel to the obedience of Absalom at once, by executing this scheme which he had formed:
the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned; meaning David, whom he speaks of contemptibly, and whose life it seems Absalom sought, as well as his crown; and he being dead, it would be all over at once with the people; they would immediately return to their own habitations, and yield obedience to Absalom as the rightful heir and successor; all depended on his death, he intimates: from whence it appears that Abarbinel is wrong in suggesting that Absalom did not design to take away the life of his father, only to secure the kingdom to himself in his father's lifetime, who he understood had disposed of it by his will to Solomon; but here Ahithophel plainly declares the intention of Absalom, nor would he have proposed in plain terms to take away the king's life, had Absalom been averse to it; and it is plain by what follows that the thing was pleasing to him:
[so] all the people shall be in peace; both parties coalesce under the government of Absalom, and live peaceably under it, and so an entire end of the war.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The man whom thou seekest - namely, David. Ahithophel means to say: âIf I can only smite David, there will be no civil war, all the people will peaceably submit.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 17:3. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned — Only secure David, and all Israel will be on thy side. He is the soul of the whole; destroy him, and all the rest will submit.